philosophy

Book Review: Infinitely Big and Infinitely Small

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THE INFINITELY BIG and the INFINITELY SMALL by Ammi-Gabriel Burgstaller

THE INFINITELY BIG and the INFINITELY SMALL: A Tale of Everything and Nothing
by Ammi-Gabriel Burgstaller

5 out of 5 stars

This story follows a point – a point in time, a point in space. The point starts at Zero and wishes to reach One. He stretches himself into a line, traveling along infinite space and time, trying to reach One. But the distance and time between Zero and One are infinite, so it takes a very long NOW to get there. The point that became a line now meets other points and lines on their own journeys, and eventually our hero meets the One, and discovers the true nature of reality.

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Book Review: From Aristotle to Christ

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From Aristotle to Christ by Louis Markos

From Aristotle to Christ: How Aristotelian Thought Clarified the Christian Faith
by Louis Markos

5 out of 5 stars

Aristotle, like his teacher Plato, had a particular way of asking questions about the world and organizing information in the way that seemed most logical to him with the information he had available. Even without the direct revelation of the Bible, Aristotle intuited some universal truths that have helped Christians to examine their faith more closely and find deeper truths in the Bible than Aristotle ever dreamed of.

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Book Review: From Plato to Christ

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From Plato to Christ by Louis A. Markos

From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith
by Louis A. Markos

5 out of 5 stars

The philosophy of Plato prepared the way for Christianity to be widely accepted in the ancient world. Socrates and Plato had a way of asking the right questions, even if they didn’t know the true answers that can be found in the Bible. Their philosophy points the way for a searching soul to find the truth of Christ. There are some spiritual things that are well-known to all of creation in general revelation, and Plato used that limited knowledge to formulate his own ideas about virtue and spiritual life. His philosophy directly reflects and leads to the specific revelation of truth in the person of Christ.

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